On Thursday 1 May 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Administrator Her Excellency Professor Ma...

On Thursday 1 May 2008, at Government House, Canberra, the Administrator Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO, presided at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council.

In the afternoon, at Bicentennial Park, Sydney, NSW, the Administrator launched Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Week. In the evening, at Pyrmont Point, Sydney, NSW, the Administrator attended and presented awards at the National Local Radio Awards Dinner. Earlier, in Israel, Their Excellencies, the Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC and Mrs Marlena Jeffery toured the Bahan Water Reclamation Facility at which the Governor-General met with members of the Jewish National Fund, unveiled a plaque and planted a tree in the grounds of the facility. Their Excellencies then observed two minutes silence to mark Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day. In the afternoon in Nazareth, Israel, Their Excellencies attended a meeting with the Mayor of Nazareth, Mr Ramez Jaraisy and then toured the Church of the Annunciation. Later in Tiberius, Israel, Their Excellencies toured the Sea of Galilee during which they attended a lunch hosted by Mr Stef Wertheimer